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@thane16 Yup, just can’t stay away — civilized and intelligent conversation is much to be prized these days, and youse guys have it.

Yeah, “Innocence” wasn’t wonderful, just pleasant, and that mostly because Nighy is such a pleasure to watch at work. Speaking for myself, I can’t stand reading Christie — it’s all timetables, “fixed” clocks, a…[Read more]

Yes, you’re right! I remember that one — I saw both versions, and frankly I can’t remember what, if any, differences the differences made. But of course that says more about me than about the movie . . ,

Yes, I’d love that — maybe some day, but I doubt it — unless BBC thought they could make Big Bucks from selling that on DVD. There may be contractual problems with coming around later to do that, too? At any rate, I doubt they’ll bother . . . maybe some day after the whole program ends. But I rather have the program keep going, and just im…[Read more]

@kevinwhoMy thought was maybe Graham could have articulated it. I know when I used to watch TV dramas, they’d almost always let the hero express moral superiority over the villain during the climax. So maybe some of us were wishing we’d get something like what I made up over on the fan creativity thre…[Read more]

@thane16 Puro . . . a few people thought “the Doc, on a TANK wearing sunglasses and playing an electric guitar?” That’s not gravitas! That’s baloney!” Except we describe him like this: proud and noble, dignified, dutiful, lofty enough to shit marble when I don’t think 12 was like that much of the time. @ichabod -would you agree?

@pedantTalking animals crop up a lot in Studio Ghibli animations, and this story had a bit of a Ghibli feel to it, with an ending that was honest, rather than shoe-horned in sentimental. Spirited Away? Princess Mononoke?

Gad, yes! “Spirited Away” sticks with me as the best animated fantasy film I’ve seen — I rarely miss a chance to see it a…[Read more]

Same! Been busy — I flew to Portland OR to see a local production of my one and only stage play, in a converted chapel seating maybe 50, and had a good time — apart from nearly being blown off Vista Point and […]

Well, likely true for some people, and that’s part of the supposed SJW “issue”. Grounding your action, when it’s imminent, in establishing clarity re why we’re going to not-kill the creature trying to kill us — that’s got to slow things down a bit (another reason that the “Bad guy! Q…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebraveMrs Blenkinsop and I just watched the last episode of series 10 . . . Looking back on that episode, I feel that Moffat could not simply do grand emotion, but grand emotion that was almost operatic.

Nothing “almost” about it — I think it’s the operatic intensity that really caught me up in the Moffat era, because I am a…[Read more]